Sickle cell disease (SCD) was the first example of a ‘molecular disease’. SCD patients experience considerable morbidity from both acute and chronic sequelae; most severe cases can be fatal within the first few years of life without effective treatment or with sub-optimal treatme...
Anaemia is a state in which there is a decreased production of red blood cells (RBCs) or a decreased concentration of haemoglobin in the RBCs. This consequently affects RBCs oxygen-carrying capacity to meet the body’s physiologic demands. Globally, iron deficiency is considered t...
Aim: To investigate hematological indices of pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) in Dutsin-Ma General Hospital Katsina State. Place and Duration of the Study: Hematology Unit of Laboratory Department, General hospital Dutsin-Ma (GHDTM), between June, 2019 to November 20...
The presence of a dual haemostatic defect is extremely rare. Here, we describe a very rare case of newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia in a case of severe hemophilia A.
Background: Sickle cell hepatopathy (SCH) are liver pathologies related mainly to sickling. These conditions present similarly yet have varied prognosis, high index of suspicion is therefore needed for early and proper diagnosis. In Nigeria literature on SCH is variable and scarc...
Objectives: To screen the donors for the frequency of ABO & Rh blood groups and gender contribution in blood donation. Subject and Methods: This retrospective observational study was carried out in the Blood bank of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera from 25th April...
Anemia is a common and serious complication in both Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and pregnant women. Anemia has shown to have serious implications for both the mother and her fetus. However, the prevalence of anemia in HIV-infected pregnant women in Cameroon has n...
Nocardiosis is a worldwide disease documented as an infection that predominantly affects patients with immunosuppressive conditions. Though localized lesions are well known, systemic nocardiosis is a an extremely rare condition which needs to be recognized and managed early. We d...
The association of bone marrow failure and skeletal defects is well known. However, the genetic basis for most of these syndromes remains unclear. We describe here a syndrome of congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) with skeletal abnormality. This case report summari...